North Country Pics

North Country Snapshot

Release Year

2005

Tagline

All She Wanted Was To Make A Living. Instead She Made History.

Plot Summary

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Run Time

126 min

Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Rating Details

Rated R for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.

Genre

Drama

Language

English

Keyword

Miner, Mine, Sexual Harassment, Minnesota, Lawsuit

Movie Rating

Sound Mix

DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS

Colour

Color

Keyword

Sexual Harassment

Film Type

Feature

Film Class

Social Problem Film, Courtroom Drama, Docudrama

Themes

Fighting the System, Whistleblowers, Labor Unions, Single Parents, Small-Town Life

Tones

Stirring, Earnest, Gritty, Poignant, Understated, Disturbing

Mood

Food for Thought

Has Detailed Data (New)

10, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8

Budget

35000000

US Box Office

18000000

Release Date

2005-09-12

Country

USA

Country Of Origin

USA

Wikipedia Text

North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro, starring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Renner, Woody Harrelson and Sissy Spacek. The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler, which chronicled the case of Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Company.

Has Detailed Data (New)

5

Youtube Video Code

jXkVQm0QPyY

Rating Details

Rated R for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language

1989. Josey Aimes takes her two kids, Sammy and Karen, and leaves her abusive husband Wayne, to return to her northern Minnesota home town. On a chance meeting with her old friend Glory Dodge who works as a driver and union rep at the mine operated by Pearson Taconite and Steel, Josey decides to work at the mine as well, work that is dominated by men in number and in tone. She does so to be able to stand on her own two feet for the first time in her life, something she probably could not have done if she remained in a job washing hair at a beauty salon. Working at the mine does not sit well with her father, Hank Aimes, who also works at the mine and who, like the other male workers, believes she is taking a job away from a man. Hank has believed that all Josey's problems are of her own doing, ever since she, unmarried, had Sammy while she was still in high school. Josey has always stated that she does not know who Sammy's biological father is, which fosters Hank's attitude about her. Among Josey's coworkers is Bobby Sharp, who many believe is Sammy's biological father. Josey's evangelical mother, Alice Aimes, stands by her husband in their general belief of traditional roles of men and women. Josey and her fellow female mine workers are continually harassed, emotionally, physically and sexually by their male counterparts. Every seeming step forward in the issue Josey finds is only a measure to lull the women into a false sense of security, or to make the fall even harder. Unable to withstand the abuse, Josey decides to sue the company for sexual harassment. She does so with the help of Glory and her husband Kyle's friend, Bill White, an ex-New York lawyer who is facing his own emotional demons. They being able to get any corroboration is difficult as all Josey's male coworkers are standing together, and all the women fear retribution by the company and/or their male coworkers after the fact. Even Glory is facing her own issues which prevent her from being that strong union voice. Only a small grain of the truth coming to light may be what Josey and Bill need...
- Written by Huggo
A semi-fictionalized account of a long legal battle of group of women miners who endured a hostile work environment and numerous and continuous insults and unwanted touching when they became the first women to go work at the Eveleth Mines in Minnesota.
- Written by Linda Miklowitz
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
- Written by Anonymous
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395972/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl

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